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2011/02/04

Leave! Leave ! Leave ! Departing Departing Leave __ Mubarak



 Some of the live interviews taking place right now on aLjazeera describe the hope and joy the sharing

among  Hundrerds of   thousands of people  who

wish for this to be the day of departure

for the dictator 


Just listening the chanting right now is overwhelming
Hundreds of thousands
of people chanting
Go Mubarak
He must go

Photo by EPA
From our headquarters in Doha, we keep you updated on all things Egypt, with reporting from Al Jazeera staff in Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez.  Live Blog: Jan28 - Jan29 - Jan30 - Jan31 - Feb1 - Feb2 - Feb3 -Feb4
(All times are local in Egypt, GMT+2)
12:53pm: Prayers are over and the masses, hundred thousands of people, are chanting "We won't go until he leaves".
Yesterday, NevineZaki posted this picture on Twitter, saying it shows Christians protecting those praying in Tahrir Square amid violence between protesters and Mubarak supporters. She wrote "Bear in mind that this pic was taken a month after z Alexandria bombing where many Christians died in vain. Yet we all stood by each other"
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Tahrir Square, Thursday
12:35pm: Our correspondent in Alexandria says tens of thousands of people have gathered in the centre of Alexandria. He says Christians and others not performing Friday prayers have formed a "human chain" around those praying to protect them from any potential disruptions.
12:26pm: Friday prayers at Tahrir Square now. The sermon preceding it called for release of political prisoners and constitutional amendments.


http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/



Sharifkouddous

  1. Not a second after prayers end the chants against Mubarak begin1 minute ago via txt
    • Mass Friday prayer in Tahrir. Powerful. #Egypt12 minutes ago via txt
      • A helicopter continues to hover overhead as thousands and thousands mote come into Tahrir. #Egyptabout 1 hour ago via txt









      3arabawy
      1. come to Tahrir if u r in cairo and watch history in the making. #jan25
        less than 20 seconds ago via Mobile Web
        • people r still flocking to the square. We r increasing rapidly in numbers. Long live the #jan25 revolution.10 minutes ago via Mobile Web
          • there must b at least half a million protesters in the square and we 

          1. people r still flocking to the square. We r increasing rapidly in numbers. Long live the #jan25 revolution.2 minutes ago via Mobile Web
            • there must b at least half a million protesters in the square and we haven't even started! #jan25



            http://twitter.com/3arabawy


            Remarkable Regional Uprising that I Can Remember



            http://www.zcommunications.org/this-is-the-most-remarkable-regional-uprising-that-i-can-remember-by-noam-chomsky


             and today at democracy now







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            And last but not least    The poetry of  (the) Revolt ______________________via
                                                                                                 jadaliyya


            No less astonishing is the poetry of this moment. I don’t mean “poetry” as a metaphor, but the


            actual poetry that has played a prominent role in





            the outset of the events. The slogans the

            protesters are chanting are couplets—and they are

            as loud as they are sharp. The diwan of this revolt



            began to be written as soon as Ben Ali fled Tunis,

            in pithy lines like "Yâ Mubârak! Yâ Mubârak! Is-




            Sa‘ûdiyya fi-ntizârak!," ("Mubarak, O Mabarak,


            Saudi Arabia awaits!"). In the streets themselves,



            there are scores of other verses, ranging from the


            caustic "Shurtat Masr, yâ shurtat Masr, intû ba’aytû


            kilâb al-’asr" ("Egypt's Police, Egypt's Police,

            You've become nothing but Palace dogs"), to the 


            defiant "Idrab idrab yâ Habîb, mahma tadrab mish


            hansîb!" (Hit us, beat us, O Habib [al-Adly, now-


            former Minister of the Interior], hit all you want—



            we're not going to leave!). This last couplet is


            particularly clever, since it plays on the old


            Egyptian colloquial saying, "Darb al-habib zayy akl





            al-zabib" (The beloved's fist is as sweet as raisins).

            This poetry is not an ornament to the uprising—it is


            its soundtrack and also composes a significant part

            ___________________
            of the action itself.



            Both Tristan Tzara and  Arthur Rimbaud say somewhere that Poetry will become Action __________________________________ 




             tariq ali interview __________ here 
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